Fort Irwin
To confront his past trauma, an amputee veteran acts in a hyperrealistic military simulation.
To confront his past trauma, an amputee veteran acts in a hyperrealistic military simulation.
Director Ben Aston joins us to explain his striking short film He Took His Skin Off For Me, as we discuss practical fx & what he hopes an audience takes away from a viewing.
Making a great short film requires a certain kind of alchemy; because there are no hard-set rules in regards to running time, subject matter, or even medium, filmmakers traverse a tricky path on the road to festival -- and online audience -- acceptance. I was lucky enough to sit down at the San Francisco International Film Festival with a few of the shorts filmmakers that were in attendance and get insight into their process, ask what lessons they learned on their latest productions, and find out what they believe makes a good short film.
An injured jockey tries to endure nine races on nine horses over the course of one unforgiving night on the track. He will test the limits of his body and find what exists in the grey area between pain and beauty — if it doesn’t destroy him first.
Still living with her parents at the age of 27, with no private life or a relationship, it takes a bicycle accident and a short coma to make Alice realize that it's time to move out.
Joaquin, a 40 year old driving instructor, struggles to survive in a city where he arrived years ago as an undocumented worker.
Pedro has found a job - a rare occurence in this period of crisis - although it's good news for him and his family, the job is rather strange.
A young writer. A prostitute. An old desert motel. All stories need an ending and all endings need a beginning.
Nicolas Lesaffre or "Niko" is a talented freelancer based out of Paris and Hong Kong. A graduate of Supinfocom in 2004, his short film Hernando missed out on the wave of celebration the internet now bestows on every film from that institution, nonetheless he has subsequently carved out a seemingly successful career in motion and print advertising.
A woman walking her dog in the bush has a disturbing encounter with a young girl.